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Prof. DSc Nikola Sabotinov, member of BASProf. DSc Nikola V. Sabotinov, member of BAS

n.sabotinov (at) issp (dot) bas (dot) bg

Born in September 13, 1941, Bourgas, Bulgaria

Fields of research interest: laser physics, laser technology, gas discharge lasers, metal vapor lasers.

 

Professional background:

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Scientific production:

Totally 346 scientific publications including:

Citations of his works by other authors in the scientific literature: ~615 in number

Publications for the last 5 years:

  1. A. N. Soldatov, N. V. Sabotinov, E. L. Latush,G. D. Chebotarev, N. K. Vuchkov, N. A. Yudin, STRONTIUM AND CALCIUM VAPOUR LASERS, Ist part, Академично издателство «Професор Марин Дринов», (2013)

  2. N. Sabotinov, K. Blagoev and M. Grozeva, Laser, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics, 40th Anniversary Jubilee Collection - Research Activities of Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics 2003 – 2012, Editors: A. G. Petrov and M. T. Primatarowa, (2012) pp. 151-168, (2012)

  3. I. Iliev, S. Gocheva-Ilieva, K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov and N Sabotinov, An improved radial temperature model of a high-powered He-SrBr2 laser, Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 43, Issue 3, April 2011, Pages 642-647, ISSN 0030-3992, DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2010.09.005, (IF 0.981), (2011)

  4. K. Temelkov, S. Slaveeva, N. Vuchkov, L. Lyutov and N. Sabotinov, Determination of Gas and Electron Temperatures for a Powerful MIR He-SrBr2 Laser Excited in Nanosecond Pulsed Longitudinal Discharge, in Proc. of SPIE, vol. 7751, art. 77510P, 2011, (8 pages), (2011)

  5. I. Iliev, S. Gocheva-Ilieva, K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov and N. Sabotinov, Temperature Model of a New High-powered SrBr2 Laser, AIP Conference Proceedings 1301, 138-145, (2010)

  6. K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov, I. Freijo-Martin, A. Lema, L. Lyutov and N. Sabotinov, Experimental study on the spectral and spatial characteristics of a high-power He–SrBr2 laser, J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 42, 115105 (6pp) doi:10.1088/0022-3727/42/11/115105, (IF 2.104), (2009)

  7. K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov, B. Mao, E. Atanassov, L. Lyutov and N. Sabotinov, High-power Sr atom laser excited in nanosecond pulsed longitudinal He-SrBr2 discharge, IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics, vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 278-281, (IF 2.413), (2009)

  8. M. Ilieva, A. Stoyanova, V. Tsakova, N. Vuchkov, K. Temelkov, W. Erfurth and N. Sabotinov, Effect of deep UV laser treatment on electroless silver precipitation on poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials (JOAM), Vol. 11, ISS.10- 2009, pp. 1444 – 1447, (IF0.577), (2009)

  9. J. Mouchovski, K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov and N. Sabotinov, Calciumstrontium fluoride crystals with different composition for UV-laser application: control of growing rate and optical properties, Compt. Rend., 62, No. 6, pp. 687-694, (IF 0.152), (2009)

  10. I. Iliev, S. Gocheva-Ilieva, K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov and N. Sabotinov, Modeling of the Radial Heat Flow and Cooling Processes in a Deep Ultraviolet Cu+ Ne-CuBr Laser, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2009, Article ID 582732, 16 pages, doi:10.1155/2009/582732, (IF 0.545), (2009)

  11. I. Iliev, S. Gocheva-Ilieva, K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov and N. Sabotinov, Analytical model of temperature profile for a He-SrBr2 laser, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials (JOAM), vol. 11, ISS. 11- 2009, pp. 1735 – 1742, (IF 0.577), (2009)

  12. I. Iliev, S. Gocheva-Ilieva and N. Sabotinov, Modeling of radio-frequency breakdown in argon, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials (JOAM), pp. 1392-1395, vol. 11, No. 10, Oct 2009,(IF 0.577), (2009)

  13. I. Iliev, S. Gocheva-Ilieva and N. Sabotinov, Classification analysis of CuBr laser parameters, Quantum electronics 39 (2), pp. 143-146, (IF 0.64), (2009)

  14. I. Iliev, S. Gocheva-Ilieva and N. Sabotinov, An improved model of gas temperature in acopper bromide vapor laser, Quantum electronics 39 (5), pp. 425-430, (IF 0.64), (2009)

  15. I. Iliev, S. Gocheva-Ilieva and N. Sabotinov, Prognosis of the copper bromide laser generation through statistical methods, Proc. of SPIE, vol. 7131, 71311J-1-8, (2009)

  16. J. Mouchovski, K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov and N. Sabotinov, Simultaneous growth of high quality Ca1-xSrxF2 boules by optimized Bridgman-Stockbarger apparatus. Reliability of light-transmission measurement, Bulgarian Chemical Communications, vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 253–260, (2009)

  17. S. Gocheva-Ilieva, I. Iliev, K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov and N. Sabotinov, Classifying the Basic Parameters of Ultraviolet Copper Bromide Laser, AIP Conf. Proc., CP1186, pp. 413-420, (2009)

  18. K. Temelkov, N. Vuchkov, I. Freijo-Martin, E. Atanassov, R. Ekov and N. Sabotinov, Determination of Thermal Conductivities and Gas Temperature Distribution for Gas Discharges in Ne and He mixtures with Hydrogen, Copper and Bromine, in Proc. of 36th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics ECA Vol. 33E, P-2.132, (2009)

Research & Development activities:

Participations in projects:

Co-Director and Team Leader of the Bulgarian part in the following international cooperation research projects:

under the Science for Peace Programme of NATO:

  1. Project NATO SfP-972685, Development of a System Based on a High Power and High Efficiency Copper Bromide Laser for Precision Materials Processing,   (Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Poland), (1999-2002)
  2. Project NATO SfP-971989, High Beam Quality UV Lasers for Microelectronics, (Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Belgium, Netherlands, France), (1999-2004)

under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) of the European Commission:

  1. Improving Human Potential Programme - Research Training Networks, No.:HPRN-CT-1999-00129, COCOMO, Coherence and Control in Atomic and Molecular Systems and Processes, Germany, Sweden, UK, the Netherlands, France, Greece, Bulgaria, (2000 – 2004)

under the Programme Stability Pact for South-East Europe of the German Ministry of Research

  1. New Technologies for Laser Processing of Materials, "Stabilitaetspakt fur Suedosteuropa", Verbesserung der Metalldampflaser-Laborausstattung fuer Studien - und Diplomarbeiten an der Universitaet Sofia No.13, (2001-2003)

under the Copernicus Programme, FP4 of the European Community

  1. Contract #CIPACT 930219, Development of RF- and mW-excited rare gas metal vapor lasers for the UV and visible spectral ranges; (Germany, Bulgaria, Poland), (1994-1996)
  2. Contract#CIPA - CT94 - 0214, New Generation Lasers for High Precision Materials Processing; (UK, Bulgaria, Poland), ( 1995-1997)

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